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Open AccessUsing pre-operative radiomics to predict microvascular invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma based on Gd-EOB-DTPA enhanced MRI
We aimed to investigate the value of performing gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-EOB-DTPA) enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiomics for preoperative prediction of micr...
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Open AccessRetraction Note: Curcumin synergizes with 5-fluorouracil by impairing AMPK/ULK1-dependent autophagy, AKT activity and enhancing apoptosis in colon cancer cells with tumor growth inhibition in xenograft mice
This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13046-022-02409-y.
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Open AccessAssociation between HLA alleles and sub-phenotype of childhood steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome
Few studies have addressed the effects of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles on different clinical sub-phenotypes in childhood steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS), including SSNS without recurrence ...
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Open AccessPulmonary Nocardia infection in a child with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) encompasses a rare and agnogenic group of diffuse alveolar capillary hemorrhagic diseases. Corticosteroid treatment is the globally preferred therapeutic strategy for I...
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MG53 protects against contrast-induced acute kidney injury by reducing cell membrane damage and apoptosis
Mitsugumin 53 (MG53) is a tripartite motif family protein that has been reported to attenuate injury via membrane repair in different organs. Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is a common complicat...
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Open AccessThe China tuberculosis clinical trials consortium network: a model for international TB clinical trials capacity building
With the second largest tuberculosis (TB) burden globally, China is committed to actively engage in international TB clinical trials to contribute to global TB research. However, lack of research capacity amon...
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Role and maintenance of redox potential on chalcopyrite biohydrometallurgy: An overview
Chalcopyrite is one of the most important copper minerals; however, the extracted efficiency of chalcopyrite is still not satisfactory in hydrometallurgy owing to its high lattice energy which leads to its low...
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Open AccessA rapid advice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infected pneumonia (standard version)
In December 2019, a new type viral pneumonia cases occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province; and then named “2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)” by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 12 January 2020. For it is a ...
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Calcium channel blockers reduce severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) related fatality
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), an emerging tick-borne infectious disease caused by a novel phlebovirus (SFTS virus, SFTSV), was listed among the top 10 priority infectious diseases by the ...
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Exosomes from Suxiao Jiuxin pill-treated cardiac mesenchymal stem cells decrease H3K27 demethylase UTX expression in mouse cardiomyocytes in vitro
Suxiao Jiuxin pill (SJP) is a traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of acute coronary syndrome in China, which contains two principal components, tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) and borneol (BOR). Thus far,...
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Suxiao Jiuxin pill promotes exosome secretion from mouse cardiac mesenchymal stem cells in vitro
Cardiac mesenchymal stem cells (C-MSCs) are endogenous cardiac stromal cells that play a role in heart repair after injury. C-MSC-derived exosomes (Exo) have shown protective effects against apoptosis induced ...
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Open AccessRETRACTED ARTICLE: Curcumin synergizes with 5-fluorouracil by impairing AMPK/ULK1-dependent autophagy, AKT activity and enhancing apoptosis in colon cancer cells with tumor growth inhibition in xenograft mice
Chemoresistance is a major obstacle that limits the benefits of 5-Fluorouracil (5-Fu)-based chemotherapy for colon cancer patients. Autophagy is an important cellular mechanism underlying chemoresistance. Rece...
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Open AccessCaMKII-mediated Beclin 1 phosphorylation regulates autophagy that promotes degradation of Id and neuroblastoma cell differentiation
Autophagy is a degradative pathway that delivers cellular components to the lysosome for degradation. The role of autophagy in cell differentiation is poorly understood. Here we show that CaMKII can directly p...
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Open AccessThe CDH1 -160C/A polymorphism is associated with breast cancer: evidence from a meta-analysis
Numerous epidemiological studies have evaluated the association between the CDH1 -160C/A polymorphism and the risk of breast cancers. However, these studies have yielded conflicting results. To derive a more p...
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Open AccessCorrelation between impedance cardiography and 6 min walk distance in atrial fibrillation patients
The correlation between impedance cardiography (ICG) and 6 min walk distance (6MWD) in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients remains unknown.
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Prediction of soil organic matter using artificial neural network and topographic indicators in hilly areas
Soil organic matter (SOM) is an important soil property that affects physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil. Accurate estimation of SOM variability could provide critical information for underst...
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Epidemiological characteristics and meteorological factors of childhood Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in Hangzhou
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) is an important pathogen of pediatric respiratory infections and the relation of M. pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) with meteorological factors remains...
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Establishment of a turbot fin cell line and its susceptibility to turbot reddish body iridovirus
A turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, fin (TF) cell line was established and susceptibility to turbot reddish body iridovirus (TRBIV) was determined in this study. Primary culture of TF cells wa...
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Effects of time delay on the statistical fluctuations for a bistable system driven by cross-correlated noises
We study the effects of time delay on the normalized correlation function C(s) and the associated relaxation time T c for a bistable system with correlations be...
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Effects of Lactobacillus buchneri and Lactobacillus plantarum on fermentation, aerobic stability, bacteria diversity and ruminal degradability of alfalfa silage
Silages are important feedstuffs. Homofermentative lactic acid bacterial inoculants are often used to control silage fermentation. However, some research pointed out those homofermentative lactic acid bacteria...
